Qanam Surname
Approximately 2,057 people bear this surname
Qanam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yemen | 1,929 | 1:13,699 | 1,589 |
| Palestine | 84 | 1:54,153 | 5,319 |
| India | 27 | 1:28,409,829 | 361,298 |
| Jordan | 14 | 1:631,603 | 13,893 |
| Iran | 3 | 1:25,594,175 | 224,183 |
Qanam (14) may also be a first name.
Qanam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Qanam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Qanam (Hindi: क़णम, Marathi: खानम) occurs most in Yemen. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Qanam? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 202,451st most commonly occurring last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 3,542,803 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Qanam reside; 99 percent reside in West Asia and 94 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula. Qanam is also the 3,024,661st most numerous forename on earth, borne by 14 people.
This surname is most frequent in Yemen, where it is carried by 1,929 people, or 1 in 13,699. In Yemen Qanam is mostly concentrated in: Dhamar Governorate, where 99 percent are found, Sana'a Governorate, where 1 percent are found and Aden Governorate, where 0 percent are found. Beside Yemen this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Palestine, where 4 percent are found and India, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Qanam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Qanam in the Hindi language | ||
| क़णम | qanama | - |
| Qanam in the Marathi language | ||
| खानम | khanama | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Qanam
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